The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-15
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


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ROBERT LOUIS sTEvENsoSs favorite novel is
Dumas's ''Vicomte de Bragelonne."
J. RANDOLPH TUCKER is to receive So coo for
the efforts he made in behalf of the Chicago
Anarchists
MAccARooNs and taffy are the new and re-
ported successful mediums by which cod liver
oil can be taken pleasantly in the system.
IT is said that of the 1913 Democratic voters
from New York who live in Washington, every
one went home to vote except three. These
were President Cleveland, Secretary Lamont
and Secretary Fairchild
TEXAS prospectors recently battle be-
tween eight big gray wolves and herd of 800
cattle. The wolves separated a cow and calf
from the rest and attacked them. The herd
came to tie rescue and drove the wolves away.
ST. PAUL Pioneer Press: They are not par
ticular about small things in China. Recently
population of little province containing Co.,
900 of souls. Such a thing would never
had happened in St Paul or Minneapolis.
LIBRARIAN HUBBELL, of the Pittsfeld, Mass,
Athenaum, was surprised on entering the art
gallery recently to find that some person had
draped all the large statues with curtain lace
Some of the figures presented a very ludicrOuS
appearance On Apollo Belvidere paper
on which was written, 'Clothe the naked"
TOXIC. Japan looks more like an American
of street-car lines, and the streets are lighted
with gas. Telegraph lines stretch in all direc-
tions; high-schools and common schools are be-
ing established, and the university will compare
favorably with many in this country. Many
fouIishing factories already established.
DISADVANTAGES of position sometimes occur
the mind even of Chicago editor. Speaking of
the age of the Hartford Courant, 1913 years, the
Tribune says: sit is a blessed thing to be the
courage enough to walk into his Office and ask
him for the loan of 25 cents on the ground of
having been regular reader OF the paper ever
since it started"
Hartford Post: Franklin" said the Pro-
fessor, who was about to introduce Professor
Morse to the alumni of Western college.
Franklin drew the lightning from heaven and
controlled its power to harm, but 1t was left to
Professor Morse, gentlemen, to" puzzled to
know exactly what he should say. 1T was left
to Professor Morse, gentlemen, to-reduce it to
horizontal position"
WHAT is sweeter than sisters love!"
marks poetical and sentimental exchange. A
sisters love is doubt very sweet, but the
average young man does not seem to appreciate
it at its true value, for when young woman for
whom he has been buying ice-creafn and cara
mels for an indefinite period tells him she will
always be sister to him, he never seems to take
kindly to the proposition
COLONEL. FRED GRANT was one of the most
popular men in his class at West Point. A
skilled boxer, with undaunted pluck, he held his
end well up in those occasional battles royal
whereby cadet quarrels are generally settled.
In one of these a terrific right handler from a
powerful young Southerner completely fat
tened young Grants nose. and it was only by
wearing silver tubes in it for considerable
time that the shape of that essential organ
restored
WHE:l Gambetta left Paris by balloon, during
the siege he alighted in the forest of Faveres.
Spuller, threw out an anchor which held in
huge oak tree, and thus they enabled to
get ut and escape from the pursuing Uhlans.
The owner of the forest is a monarchist. and he
now proposes to cut the tree down. Thereanent
is a movement on the part of the local Repub-
icans to purchase the tree and preserve 1T for
ever as an historic monument.
''CLARENCE.' exclaimed his mother, ''come to
me quickly, dear. How pale you arei How
strangely you look! You i'll I smell tobac-
co. Oh, Clarence, you have tobacco heart"
Clarence shook his head and gasped feebly
Nome" he said, moving away in the direction
of the lonely cow barn. nome. faint my heart"
And with white. compressed lips, he gone
behind the barn: not lost, but gone behind;
though lost to sight, to memory and other fac
rlties quite altogether perfectly audible.
FRANK B. HARTE the eldest son of Bret
Harte. had tablespoonful of laudanum given
to him at Plainfeld, n. j.. Saturday, by mistake.
Ine DI1nUef was discovered Dy the young man
himself. and he tainted away with fright DR..
A P. Penfield spent twelve hours in keeping
him awake. He recovered. He had been suf-
fering with a slight illness, and his mother
who is attending him, made the mistake She
meant to give him tablespoonful of another
medicine. but poured laudanum into the spoon
instead.
IT is told that certain Mrs. Leo Hunter, of
Paris. recently invited NJ. Saint-Saens to her
dinner party, and then, having recev ed his ac-
ceptance. announced In the invitations to her
other guests that NJ. SaintSaens would play.
He heard of it. but nevertheless went. AS soon
as he arrived, Mrs Leo Hunter asked him to
play. ''Oh madame, cannot before dinner"
he said, II am too hungry" Accordingly after
dinner she renewed the request. 'Ah. but
madame" said he lit is impossible L have
eaten too much at your hospitable board!'
Iris said that nature shudders
When a woman throws a stone,
And that when she sharpeps pencils
Then all nature gives groan.
But there's nothing that gives nature
More keen anguish and distress
Than to see a struggling father